Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?

Marantz MA9S2 monoblocks. Detail, bass control, great mid and HF. What more do I need?

How many of all the previous posters still own that "Keeper for Life"

Of course we'll never know but as Sonicbeauty asks, I too just wonder.

Very hard question...depend of your budget and your personal taste, otherwise we will have only ONE reference...
In my personal experience in a midle-hight range cost of power amp. as Halcro, Gryphon, Vitus, I have no dubt:
B O U L D E R !

With the right speakers, there is no reason to ever replace the Atma-sphere M60s, though I will hold on to my Music Reference RM10 MKIIs for as long as I listen to music. I thought my CAT JL2 was a keeper for life, and if they did not weigh 200lbs, I probably would have kept them, but their weight and heat got me into the Atma-spheres and when an OTL works with a speaker, I've not found anything better.

1) Audio Note PSE, various
2) Air Tight, various
3) Dynaco MkIII and ST70
4) Jadis, various